Profile: Los Angeles Based Writer and Performer with a Proven Track Record of Creating Brand Awareness Through Intelligent Use of Social Media

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Profile: Los Angeles based writer and performer with a proven track record of creating brand awareness through intelligent use of social media.

Skills: improv, stand-up, cartoonist, illustrator, animator, video editor, voice over, impressions.

Manager: Bill Normyle- [email protected]  (310) 387-1550

Career History ______

STAND UP COMEDIAN August 2006- Present

Sample venues include: Caroline’s, Stand Up New York, Broadway Comedy Club, Comic Strip Live, Gotham Comedy Club, Bananas, The Ice House, Flappers, The Comedy Palace, Comedy Store, Laugh Factory (Chicago/Hollywood).

 Opened for Jimmy Fallon, Dom Irerra, Pat Cooper, Drew Carey, Colin Quinn, Gilbert Gottfried, Angel Salazar, Ted Alexandro, Jimmy Schubert, Carl LaBove.  Opened for the Smithereens at the Jersey Shore Music Festival  Profiled and interviewed by Mike Sgroi of ComedySpotNation.com.  Headlined a Hurricane Sandy benefit at Rowan University.  Featured in NY Times for stand-up, New Jersey’s Asbury Park Press and Boardwalk Empire Magazine.  Featured in a documentary about Stand Up called "Stage Time"  Finalist in Sony Crackle's comedy contest  Ran a relay race for Charity benefiting special olympics for Comedy on Cookman's running joke in Asbury Park's RunAPalooza followed by a set at the Showroom.

FREELANCE WRITER January 2012- Present

Content has appeared on: RedEye, Hannity, Cnn Newsroom, ESPN Sportscenter, Bethany, VH1 Best of, The Bob and Tom Show, HBO’s Got No Game with Paul Mercurio, Viewpoint with John Fugelsang, HLN with Joy Behar.

 Write sharply focused, original content for humor, political, daytime talk and radio shows.  Provide high-quality content strategy, content development and creation and social media services to clients.  Co-created a pilot for a half hour cartoon series called Human World.  Create social media content to engage audiences and grow followers on Twitter.

ILLUSTRATION & ANIMATION

 Animated a 4 minute demo for the pilot Human World currently being shopped around.  Animated a clip that was part of a music video for NashNext.  Designed an alien for a children’s book currently being published  Illustrations for a novel titled A Good Story.  Voice Over Work: The Paul Mecurio Show, Human World (cartoon).

Additional ______

 Meisner acting training through J. Beckson Studios, New York, NY.  Lesly Kahn & Company Actor Training Audition Workshop.

Learn more at: www.johnpoveromo.net  Twitter (@JohnPoveromo)